Rail-bond protector.



W. B. CLEVELAND.

RAIL BOND PROTEGTOR. APPLIGATION FILED 0011. ze, 1907.

911,209, f Patented Feb. .2, 1909.

w A 2f-legi WILLIAM n. cLEvEmND, or cLEvnmNn, eine; .lesionesrofrnn'ntncrnlc Ramwn DIPROVEMENT COMPANY, OFQLEVELANSD, OHIO, AGORPORATION 03H10.

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To all'whom it may concern: ,Y

ne it kno-wn that I, Wigman nl omi;- LAND, a .citi-zen of the United YSta-tes, resi- 5 State of Ohio, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Rail-Bond Protectors,

of which the following isa specification, the

principle of the invention being herein explained, and the best mode in which I have to distinguish it from other inventions.

This improvement relates to a device for use primarily in connection with rail bonds of the laminated type, and more particularly with bonds of this type designed to be at v tached laterally or the rails. Such bonds are Ito this end usually formed with extend,- ing terminal portions adapted to be attached to the respectlve raii'ends and with an arched l 2Q intermediate portion whereby longitudinal movement 'of the rails, owing to their alternatte con-traction and expansion under changing temperature conditions, is permit-ted; as also vertical movement relative to each other occasioned by the assage orf cars over the joint. Such lateraFattach-Inent of theb'ond terminals is usually hadagainst the` outer side of the head or ball of the rai-1, preferably by soldering, brazin or welding, depending u-pon the -methe of bonding employed; This type of bond has `for various reasons, which need not be entered, upon, become quite popular and would undoubtedly prove still more so were it not for the ob'ection that the bond islet in a morey or iess exposedk condition. The liability to lstripping arises not from the wheels of the cars,v

since their flanges rest onv the other side of wheels of other vehicles, as wagons' and the like," which' may, if they do not` actually break'o the bond, at least mutilate it so as to impair its eliciency. I f

It is with a view to provide a simple and 445 effective rotection for bonds of the above eneral-cass that thel present invention has.-

devised. v Said invention, to this end, consists of the means hereinater fully described and par' ticularly .pointedout-in the claims- The annexed drawing'and thel folhwving` description set "forth in detail certain mech Speeoati'on of Letters ZEVatent'. 4Pertelite 261).?, I'QIID,t maman med october 2s, Ise'z'. serial-Nolens. A I I man embouyng'- A p closed meansconsututnrg, however, but one -.ozftvarioaslmeohancal forms in which 'the dent of Cleveland-,county 'of Cuyahoga, and

contemplated applying thai-, principle, so as4 the rail, but from the chance passageof thev lslsi'rnvvn in connection with the latter; Fig. .2-

is :an 'end view 02E such attached bond and protective device viewed .in the direction indicated by the line 2-'2 Fi 1; and Fign' represents inclusively, an lin the order named,V anend view, a side eievaJ-on, far-rd Ia planof one fof the two membersthat constitutesuchl rotectivefdevice. s p

In .view Vo.v what. has been said above the bond A, shovvdinFirg. 1, as connecting the` abuttingfendsaof railsfB B, wili be recogey nized ,as-being.: of the laminated typefycon-A sisting,in-otherwordsof fa narrow Het strand of copper woundaround upon itself' to form 1a 'flat laminated v strip y whichl is ber@ 'upon bent to present laterally extending feet a and an enlarged intermediate porti o. -nthefni'ode of lattachment here-'cole tempiated. such terminal portions a a are either soldered or brazed tothe sides of' headspbofthe -respectiverail's byany suitf able means. VHaving been thus attached the?` protective device constitutin invention :isi thereupon supenmpose up'o'n th@ ,Seid terminal portionsand' either sole? the presentv deredorbrazed theretoiby the samemea'nse`- Such, protectivedevicey comprises two corn-1- I I plem'entary members C C each of which, regarding the- "fsameas in position upon the bond,l comprises* a horizon-tally extending end c and ,a portion Ac inclining downwardly' theretrem. End vportion c has its ,u1-pj r edge bent inwardiy to form a ian` 1162 omitin the attachedposition of the -devlce'serves to covercthefupper 'edge of the bond ter- I'ninal, IFifgxQ-,uWhen thus' attached the end` portion .,c;==i'sedesigned to cover the face' of' tion c"l to extend 'laterally along the corr' respondinv half of the `arched intemzediate portion oipthebond. I

l Iin attach-ing the protective device, mem

vlier C isintroduced inthe `clamping mec'haril is'gn, such asisordinarily employed in one y vthesaidl terminal-portion and inclined `constitutes the material of such form or another to attach the bond, just after the bond terminal has been soldered or brazed on, a suitable cenienting material having been interposed between the outer Yface of the terminal and the plate C. It is a matter of but a few seconds additional time to ell'ect such attachment, since the parts are-already heated. Once4 attached the advantages arising from such protective plate are so readily apparent' as to make unnecessary any discussion thereof. .Since only the end c of the plate C is rigidly affixed, the remainder extending loosely along the intermediate portion of the bond, the freedom ot' movement of the latter, such as is necessary to accommodate it to the several movements of the rails, referred to before, is in no wise interfered with. Should, however, a vehicle wheel, or other like agent, by accident come in contact with the bond it strikes not the sott yielding co per that ond, but instead the shield of steel that is afforded by my improved protective device; consequently the liability to damage is very materially decreased.

Other modes of applying the 'principle vof my invention may be employed instead of the one explained, change bein made as regards the mechanism herein disclosed, provided the means stated by anyone of the following claims or the equivalent of such stated means be employed.

' for said bond l therefore particularly point out and distinctly claim as my nventionz- It. A rail bond for a rail having a protecting armor of harder material, the bond being welded to the armor and to the rail.

2. A rail bond for the headof a rail having a protecting armor of harder material, the bond being welded to the armor and to the rail head.

3. The combination with a rail-bond, of a protective plate of relatively more durable material tixedly attached to its terminal portion and bent over to cover the top of the same.

il. The combination with a rail-bond coinprising terminal portions and a flexible intermediate portion; of a protective plate for said bond lixedly secured relatively to a terminal portion of the same but leaving such intermediate portion free.

5. The combination with a rail-bond comprising terminal portions and a flexible intermediate portion; of a protective plate ixedly attached to a terminal portionotl the same but leaving such inter mediate portion free.

6. The combination of the abutting ends of two rails; a rail-bond comprising terminal portions attached to said rail ends, re-

spectively,

and a flexible intermediate portion; land protective plates for said bond iixedly secured relatively to said rail ends spectively, but only loosely applied to the intermediate portion oitl said bond.

7. The combination of the abutting ends of two rails; a. rail-bond comprising terminal portions attached to said rail ends, rcspcctively, and a tlexible intermediate portion; and protective plates for said. bond respectively fixedly attached to the terminal portions of said bond but only loosely applied to the corresponding parts of the intermediate portion of said bond.

8. The combination of the abutting ends of two rails; a. rail-bond comprising terminal portions attached to said rail ends, respectively, and a flexible intermediate portion; and protective plates respectively fixedly attached to the terminal portions of said bond and bent over to cover the top of the same.

9. The combination with a copper railbond, of a protective plate of steel lixedly attached to its terminal portion and bent over to cover that edge of the saine exposed to blows when applied. l0. rlhe combination of the abutting ends of two rails; a copper rail-bond comprising terminal portions attached to said rail ends, respectively, and a flexible intermediate por tion; and protective plates of steel fixedly secured relatively to said rail ends and bent over to cover the top of the corresponding bond terminals, respectively, said plates bcing extended along but only loosely applied to the intermediate portion of said bond.

ll. The combination of the abutting ends of two rails; a copper rail-bond comprising terminal portions attached to said rail ends, respectively, and a flexible intermediate portion; and.l protective plates of steel respectively tixedly attached to the terminal poi'- tions of said bond and bent over to cover the top of the saine, said plates being extended along but only loosely applied to the intermediate portion of said bond.

l2. As a new article of manufacture, a rail-bond protector, comprising a plate oit CIK relatively more durable material adapted for attachment to a laterally extending terminal of such bond, suoli end being bent over to cover the top of such terminal portion, substantially as described.

13. As a new articie of manufacture, a protector for rail-bonds of the character described, comprising a plate of relatively more durable material 'having one end adapted fonattachment to a laterally extending terminal of\su clifbond, Vsuch end beingr bent over to cover the top l'of such terminal portion and the reinaiitder of said plate extending in an angular direction from such end so as to lic substantially parallel with and loosely against the correspondin part of the arched intermediate singular direction from suchend so as to portico o said bond, substantially as de'- lie substantially parallel with "nd loosely scribed. against the corresponding portlon of said 14. As a new 'article of manufacture, a bond,substantially as descr-meti` 15 5 rail-bond protector, comprising two com- Signed by lme this 26th day f October,

ementarylpllalltes gf llllaivelyhmre dlllira- 1907.

emateriatante n,eacpate aving one end adapted for attachment to a V WILLIAM B CLEVELAND' laterally extending terminal of such bond Attested b A10 and bent over to cover the top of the same, D. L.- Avms, the remainder of said plate extending in an MARY ISRAEL. 

